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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:48:14 EST
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I don't want any flames on this article for any reason.  Don't tell me I
shouldn't be posting this to the net, don't tell me that it's wrong to
simulate one environment under another, etc... Don't waste my time.

A company in Boston sells a software package called the 'pc toolbox',
which includes 53 UNIX utilities that were rewritten to run under pc-dos.
It costs $200.00.  The phone number is 617-482-8248.  The address is
Arts Computer Products, 145 Tremont St, Boston, MA  02116.
These include:	(a short description has been included for the novice)
ed - line editor
sedit - stream editor
echo - print text
find - find a file or files in subdirectory
mv - move a file
cp - copy files
rm - remove (delete) a file or files
cat - print a file
wc - line/word/character count
tail - print last n lines of a file
pr - print a file in 66 line page multiples
ls - list files in a directory
crypt - encrypt a file with DES standard
date - display date and time
diff - compare and print differences in 2 files
dc - desk calculator
sort - sort a file
ar - object file archiver
cd - change directory
pwd - print working directory
ch - change strings in text files
cmp - compare 2 files on a per byte basis
comm - select or reject lines common to two sorted files
cpress - compress input files
crt - display files at the terminal
cwd - change current working dir
dtab - convert tabs to spaces
e - use ed
entab - convert spaces to tabs and spaces
expand - uncompress compressed files
fb - search for blocks of lines with text patterns
fc - use fcld
fcld - fortran compile and link script
field - manipulate field data
fmt - text formatter
form - produce form letters by prompting for info
format - use fmt
fsort - sort fortran specification statements
includ - include contents of a file in another file
isam - make an isam list
kwic - prepare lines for keyword-in-context index
lam - merge lines of files together
ld - link script
ll - display line lengths
macro - general purpose macro processor
man - on line man pages
match - search lines for text patterns
mcol - put text in multiple columns
number - number lines in files
oldar - old archive file maintainer
os - overstrike, convert backspace into multiple lines
pl - display specified lines or pages in files
ratfor - ratfor preprocessor
rc - ratfor compile, fortran compile and link script
rev - reverse lines
say - write words on cmd line to output
show - show all caracters including control caracters
sortmrg - sort and/or merge text files
split - split a file into pieces
tee - copy input to output and to files
tod - display or set date and time
tr - transliterate chars
tsort - sort symbols topologically
umiq - strip adjacent repeated lines from files
unrot - unrotate lines rotated by kwic
xref - make a cross refrence list of symbols

Message-ID: <552@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 00:12:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 11 00:12:08 1984
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Summary: 

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Nothing wrong with posting product info w/prices;  this is not ARPANET.
Price is VERY relevant info.
	However, before spending $200 on this package, I'd consider how useful
it is.  There are public domain versions of a great many UNIX style utilities
available; PC-SIG is one source (about $6 per disk, if memory serves).
	Also, Kernighan & Plauger's book "Software tools in Pascal" contains
a great many of these programs.  A business might want to spend the money
to avoid the hassle;  an individual may do better haunting user's groups
or mail-ordering from PC-SIG (or bulletin-boarding....).
	As usual, I am not connected with PC-SIG, or K&P, or even reality.
	

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